Housekeeper (Part Time) (Permanent) - REN15281

Renfrewshire Council; Eastern Ontario; On-site; CAD 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Renfrewshire Council is recruiting a part-time Facilities Support Assistant for a care home environment in Ontario. You will provide catering, cleaning and laundry services, ensuring the dignity and confidentiality of clients and staff at all times.

Keys tasks include maintaining hygiene and meeting service specifications, working under the Assistant Facilities Housekeeper or manager, and serving across rota days including weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in catering, cleaning and laundry services.
• High awareness of current hygiene practices.
• Organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out tasks relating to catering, cleaning and laundry services.
• Maintaining clients’ dignity and confidentiality at all times.
• Working within care home environment and facilities management soft services as instructed by the Assistant Facilities Housekeeper or manager.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

SVQ in Catering

SVQ in Cleaning

Elementary food hygiene certificate

Job description

You will provide a consistent high-quality service in all areas allocated to you within the care home environment to ensure that the environment meets the requirements of the service specification and expectations of clients and staff alike.

Key tasks for which you will be responsible include; carrying out tasks relating to catering, cleaning and laundry services; ensuring that the clients’ dignity and confidentiality is maintained at all times; working within all areas of the care home environment of Facilities Management Soft Services as instructed by the Assistant Facilities Housekeeper or other appropriate manager and ensuring that all areas used by the clients and care staff are maintained to the required standard on a consistent and timely basis.

It is essential that you have experience of working within the catering, cleaning and laundry service and high awareness of current hygiene practices. You must have organisational, communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

An SVQ (or equivalent) in Catering, SVQ (or equivalent) in Cleaning or elementary food hygiene certificate are desirable.

If successful, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure Scotland check, the level of check will be determined by the duties of the post. If you would like further information in relation to the Disclosure Scotland checks, please visit www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.

This Post is 16 hours per week. 5 days over 7 on rota including alternative weekends.